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UMAREX BOYS CLUB

drop-down magazine CO2 holder. It also has a

rifled barrel, and a shroud at the front covers a

thread which can be used to fit a moderator if

required. Looking down the sights, the two rear

sights have an orange dot on them, and the

front sight has no dot, although this is easily

remedied if required, with a gold or orange

Sharpie pen.

GASSING UP

To insert the CO2 bulb, release the drop-down

magazine by pressing the small square button

on the left side, just behind the trigger. The

magazine will drop out quite easily and the

CO2 is inserted by turning a small thumbscrew

to release and then hold in place, as well as

puncturing the bulb.

The cool thing about the drop-down

magazine for this pistol is that it also holds

three extra pellet and/or BB rotary magazines

for quick reloading, meaning 32 shots total per

drop-down mag. I use it to shoot pellet only,

but you can shoot either, or a mix if you prefer.

Another feature I really like is that the CO2

holder/drop-down magazine actually seats the

pellets in the pellet mag, a really nice touch by

Umarex. To insert the magazine, just push it

back up into the grips, and it slots home with a

satisfying clunk just like you hear in the movies!

SO ADDICTIVE!

Firing the SA10 is where the fun begins. The

safety is located on the left side of the pistol,

just pull it back and you’re good to go. You can

either pull on the trigger for the first shot in

double-action, which will then set the rest of

the shots to single-action, or just pull the slide

back and release to shoot single-action first

and every shot from then. When the CO2 is

getting low on power, around 80 shots

depending on temperature, rate of fire and so

on, the slide will no longer stay back for

single-action, meaning you either have to pull it

back or fire the rest double-action.

TRIGGER

The trigger in single-action is surprisingly light,

the lightest I’ve felt yet in a CO2 pistol, which

makes for easy, rapid-fire shooting if that’s your

thing. Blow-back is quite punchy and just adds

to the realism. Sound level is pretty much the

same as the other Umarex pistols, but firing

“I use it to shoot pellet only, but you can shoot

either, or a mix if you prefer”

I tried a mix of pellets.